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Where does “interrogatorius” come from?

interrogatorius (Latin) comes from Latin interrogator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

interrogatorius (Latin): Consisting or preceding by questions;...

Definitions

  1. Consisting or preceding by questions;...

Ancestry of “interrogatorius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatininterrogatorAn interrogator; A wizard
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōr—
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “interrogatorius”

  • interrogatorio
  • interrogatorio
  • controinterrogatorio
  • interrogatorio
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →